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-11_17 July 1957.htm

17 July 1957   Has no one any questions on the text?…I have nothing special to tell you this evening, and if you are not…

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-11_20 January 1951.htm

20 January 1951     “To complete this movement of inner discovery, it is good not to neglect the mental development. For the mental instrument…

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-11_Appendix 1953.htm

Appendix   (Extract from a talk of Sri Aurobindo with a French scientist-disciple)   8 May 1926   In the West the highest minds are…

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-11_Ascetic-Practice.htm

Ascetic Practices   The true attitude is neither to be an ascetic nor to indulge in desire. The true attitude is to take in all…

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-11_Foresight.htm

Foresight               To foresee destiny! How many have attempted it, how many systems have been elaborated, how many sciences of divination have been created…

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-11_jnana-62-66_81.htm

81 – God’s laughter is sometimes very coarse and unfit for polite ears; He is not satisfied with being Molière, He must needs also be…

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-11_July 1914.htm

July 1, 1914         We hail Thee, O Lord, with adoration and with joy, and give ourselves to Thee in a gift constantly renewed,…

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-11_Past, Present and Future .htm

Past, Present and Future   THE PAST               Use the past as a spring-board to leap towards the future. 25 December 1953             Often…

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-11_Prayers and Meditations.htm

Part Four   Prayers and meditations, some written between 1914 and 1916, the rest undated but probably belonging to the pre-1920 period.   Insofar as…

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-11_Sadhana of the Body.htm

Sadhana of the Body   This body has neither the uncontested authority of a god nor the imperturbable calm of the sage. It is yet…

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